Our Patriot Ancestors
Listed below are the Patriot ancestors of our chapter members and the state in which they served. American Revolutionary War Patriots include signers of the Declaration of Independence, members of local and state militias, members of the Continental Army or Continental Navy, men and women who rendered other types of aid to the cause of American independence, and those taking oaths of loyalty. With a few exceptions, military service began with the Battle of Lexington (19 April 1775) and ended when the British evacuated New York (26 November 1783). Patriots may have also provided civil service, conducting public business in the newly formed American states.
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Henry Bailey, VA, PS Jacob Braselton, MD, NC, PS Matthew Brown, SC, PVT Joseph Bucknam, PA, PS Samuel Bullard, MA, COL, PS, CS John Bryan, NC, PS Archibald Carmichael, NC, PVT John Carver, Jr., PA, PS John Carver, Sr., PA, PS Curtis Cole, RI, MAJ Daniel Covert, NJ, PVT Marjery Hayhurst Croasdale, PA, PS Robert Croasdale, PA, PS Micajah Frazier, VA, PVT |
Aaron Harlan, Jr., NC, PS Aaron Harlan, Sr., NC, PS Asa Harmon, MA, PVT Jacob Hottel, VA, PVT Matthias Hunnewell, CT, NY, PVT David Kaufman, NC, VA, SOL, PS John Keim, PA, CAPT Joseph Langston, NC, LT Joseph Loveland, CT, CAPT, CS Thomas Lyon, MA, NONCOM Daniel Martin, MA, LT James Mauldin, NC, CS, PS, Morton Mauldin, NC, PS |
Patrick McGee, PA, PVT Israel Nichols, MA, LT Ephraim Potter, VT, PVT John Ridgeway, Sr., SC, CAPT Benjamin Sanders, MA, SGT John Short, VA, PVT Philip Sonner, PS, VA, SOL Ezra Stevens, CT, LT Isaac Stevens, VA, PVT John Talmadge, CT, MA, PVT Evan Townsend, PA, PS William Tyler, VA, PS Robert Wardlaw, VA, PVT James Wright, CT, PVT |
| Service Key | ||
| COL = Colonel | NONCOM = Non-Commissioned Officer | |
| CAPT = Captain | PVT = Private | |
| CS = Civil Service | PS = Patriotic Service | |
| LT = Lieutenant | SOL = Soldier (no details known) | |
| MAJ = Major | SGT = Sergeant | |
| State Key | ||
| CT = Connecticut | PA = Pennsylvania | |
| MA = Massachusetts | RI = Rhode Island | |
| MD = Maryland | SC = South Carolina | |
| NC = North Carolina | VA = Virginia | |
| NJ = New Jersey | VT = Vermont | |
| NY = New York |